A new bulk-billed respiratory clinic for children under six aims to address growing demand for asthma treatment and confusion over how to diagnose and manage respiratory illnesses.

Respiratory Care WA has launched the specialist fortnightly clinic to help more families access appropriate treatment for conditions such as early asthma, wheeze and chronic wet cough.

It is overseen by paediatric respiratory and sleep specialist Dr James Gibbons, who said the under-six cohort could be challenging to diagnose.

“It can sometimes be difficult to figure out exactly what is happening, what is asthma, what isn’t asthma, and how do we treat it,” he said.

“Many kids who are wheezing and coughing go on to develop asthma later in life, but others grow out of their symptoms. Or sometimes they don’t ha

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